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It's winter, it's snowy and it's cold. We are using the heating a lot. We checked the gas meter. At an expected price point of 0.38 euros, it seems that (current state - previous state) * price => (22868 - 21640) * 0.38 = 466.64 euros, on the 4th of December. That is a lot!

The plan is to cut costs by investing in isolation. Obvious problems seem to be the roof-windows leaking heat, windows leaking heat, poor adaptability to heat one room and let the other one stay cold.

Possibilities

Please add any suggestions you can think of below. Remember: the point is to cut cost. Not to end up with the most fancy isolation system in the western hemisphere.

PU-foam (selected)

Can be used to close all open-air gaps for the roof windows

Pros:

Cheap

Easy to install

Cons:

None

Price:

?

Door between two rooms (selected)

Should help us only heating one room and letting the other one stay cold.

Pros:

We have already a door (thx Kurt)

Cons:

Takes some work to install it

Still need some wood and plugs to install it properly

Price:

Transparent plates

Buy see trough plates that are thick enough to trap some air (like double sided glass), and use them as a second layer to provide insulation.

Pros:

Will probably very effective

Lets sunlight in during day time

Cons:

Might be a bit more expensive

How to close the sides of the plates to prevent draft

Price:

?

"Theater" cloth

Get cloth just like the black one we already have in the back and seal off all roof windows.

Pros:

Will probably work reasonably

Will be cheap if we can get it for free

Easy to install and to seal

Cons:

We might not be able to get it for free to by

Might not work as well as we would like

Price:

?

Current plan

Get PU-foam

Get door installed

Action point: 5th December, at 14:00, gathering at the space to go shopping for PU foam and door pieces in Ledeberg.